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Submission to the State Duma of a draft law on the ratification of the International Convention concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents

24 May 201607:00

The Convention was adopted at the 59th session of the International Labour Organisation’s General Conference in Geneva on 24 June 1976, and entered into force on 10 June 1976. The Convention sets occupational health and safety standards for workers exposed to carcinogenic substances and agents, and also for control of these agents. In particular, it requires lists to be made of substances and agents banned in workplaces or subject to permission and control. The Convention’s provisions set out measures to protect workers from the effects of these substances and agents and measures to inform workers of the occupational risks they face.

Reference

The draft law
was reviewed and adopted at the Government meeting on 19 May 2016.

The draft
federal law On Ratifying the International
Convention concerning
Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic
Substances and Agents (Convention 139) (hereafter referred to as the Draft
Law and the Convention) was submitted by the Foreign Ministry and the Labour
Ministry.

The Convention
was adopted at the 59th session of the International Labour
Organisation’s General Conference in Geneva on 24 June 1974, and entered into
force on 10 June 1976. It sets occupational health and safety standards for
workers exposed to carcinogenic substances and agents, and also control of
these agents. In particular, it requires lists to be made of substances and
agents banned in workplaces or subject to permission and control. The
Convention’s provisions set out measures to protect workers from the effects of
these substances and agents, as well as measures to inform workers of the occupational
risks they face and ensure the needed medical checkups are provided.

The
Convention’s provisions conform to the provisions of Russia’s Labour Code
regulating workplace health and safety and the provisions of Russian laws on
sanitary and epidemiological public health, which define carcinogenic factors
and set out the basic requirements for carcinogenic hazard prevention, and also
public health and safety laws and regulations.

In accordance
with the Federal Law On International Agreements of the Russian Federation, the
Convention should be ratified as it concerns basic human rights and freedoms.

The draft law
was reviewed and adopted at the Government meeting on 19 May 2016.